Down and Outlive

Down

Down verb - To strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall.

Outlive and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outlive" instead a verb "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Outlive

Outlive verb - To last longer than.
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Synonyms for Outlive

Down and outlive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead a verb "Outlive".

Nearby Word: outliving

Common collocations

wife down wife outlive wife
villains down villains outlive villains

Both words in one sentence

  • Dream-Crushing Handicap His dream is to have a family, which we get to see in the alternate universe dream sequence, but it is also the one thing that he cannot have because he is a beastman and thus incapable of reproduction, and even if he settles down with a wife, he will eventually outlive her due to his immortal body.
  • Libation for the Dead Bucky was cryogenically suspended for most of the post-war years, meaning he would easily outlive them all, so he tracked down the last two survivors to share the bottle with them.
  • Bucky Barnes tracked down the other two survivors, and they have a laugh over it— thanks to being cryogenically frozen over the years, Bucky is still in his mid-twenties and will obviously outlive them all.
    Source: Tontine
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Outlive and Down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/outlive
Down & Outlive. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/outlive>.
Outlive or Down. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/outlive.
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